Spike-puller.



No. 809,122. PATBNIBD JAN. 2, 1906.,

L. A. M 'GAM SPIKE ER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNI'. 16, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFrioE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 1906.

Application led June 16, 1905. Serial No. 265,626.

To LZ/ whom t may con/cern:

Beit known that I, LORENZO A. MILLIGAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Barstow, in the county of San Bernardino, State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSpike-Fullers and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to spike-pullers, and has for its object toprovide an implement of this nature with which railroad-spikes may bequickly and easily withdrawn from the ties and which will withdrawspikes without injuring them.

Another object is to provide an implement which will be adjustable tosuit different conditions.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription, and it will be understood that changes in the specificconstruction shown and described may be made within the scope of theclaim and that any suitable materials may be used without departing fromthe spirit of the invention.

4In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a side elevation of the present implement, showing it in itsinitial position in extracting a spike. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig.1, showing a spike partly extracted. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of theimplement. Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal section of the implement.

Referring now to the drawings, the present invention comprises a stock5, which is enlarged laterally at one end to form a head 6, having afiat forward face 7 which slants upwardly and rearwardly, and the headhas a slight upward turn, as shown. A recess 8 is formed in the upperface of the head, and a slot 9 is formed in the forward face 7,longitudinally of the recess and communicating therewith, the slotopening through the upper and lower faces of the head. A second slot 10is formed in the lower face of the head and extends longitudinally ofthe implement, this slot communicating with the slot 9 and with therecess 8 at its bottom, the recess extending laterally and rearwardlybeyond the slot. At the sides of the slot 10 the material of the head isstruck downwardly to form depending lips 11, and the walls of the slot 9are tapered from their lower to their upper ends, the upper portions ofthese walls being sharpened, as shown at 12, for engagement beneath thehead of the spike, as will be presently described. A foot 13 is slidablymounted upon the under face of the slot adjacent to the head formovement longitudinally of the slot, and this foot includes anattachingplate 14, longitudinally slotted, asshown at 15, for thereception of attaching and clam ing bolts 16, which may be operated toho d the foot against movement. The attachingplate carries adownwardly-extending proj ection 17 at its forward end, which is adaptedfor engagement with a rail, as will be presently described, or which maybe rested upon a surface from which a spike is to be extracted to form afulcrum.

In use the extractor is disposed as shown in Fig. 1, the under face ofthe head being disposed against the web of a rail and the portions ofthe head at the sides of the slot 9 -being disposed at opposite sides ofthe head of a spike, the sharpened portions of a wall of a slot beingengaged beneath the head of the spike. The implement is then operated topartially withdraw the spike, after which the implement is shifted tobring the head of the spike into the recess, with its stern extendingdownwardly through the slot 10, and the implement is then rockedbackwardly over the rail, against the opposite side of which theprojection of the foot has been engaged to extract the spike.

From the above description it will be seen that the head includescooperating inwardlydirected jaws, the mutually adjacent edges of whichare tapered from their lower to their upper portions, as described, andwhich are adapted for engagement with the head of a spike.

What is claimed is- An implement of the class described comprising astock having a head at one end, said head having an upwardly andrearwardly slanted forward face and having a recess opening through itsupper face, said head also having communicating slots in its forwardheaded bolts carried by said stock and engag- I and lower facescommunicating with the rein the slots formed in said rail-engaging foot.ro

cess, the walls of the slotin the forward face beln testimony whereof IaniX my signature ing sharpened at their upper portions, dependinpresence of two witnesses.

5 ing lips carried bythe head at the sides of the LORENZO A. MILLIGAN.

slot in its bottom, said lips lying in a plane Witnesses: slightly belowthe bottom of the said head, a GUY GooDlNG,

slotted rail-engaging foot on the stock, and D. C. HENDERSON.

